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Because it is Linux, if it is made to run flawlessly on Ubuntu without actually using any of the unique unity tools, it should work perfectly well on any other distro, and probably even on the BSDs.

Sure, some users will have to convert the package to their native format, but I imagine it will be converted and popped in things like the AUR, and in repositories for popular distroes like fedora and debian testing.